The 5 Best Kodi Sports Add-ons in 2017

Watching sports is the pastime of choice for many of us. If you can’t be there in person, the next best thing is to watch your favorite game live on television. Kodi users will be thrilled to know that the right add-ons make it easy to catch your favorite live sports. See below for reviews and installation guides for the best Kodi sports add-ons available.

Be wary with many sports Kodi add-ons, however. At this time of writing, the options we’ve recommended below provide several free and legal streaming options for Kodi users. However, some of the most popular add-ons access unofficial sports streams.

At the bottom, we’ve laid out some commonly listed third-party add-ons, as well as explain what you need to know about these add-ons.

Comparitech does not condone or encourage any violation of copyright restrictions, including illegal streaming through Kodi. Kodi can be used for many excellent, legal online streaming purposes. Please consider the law, victims, and risks of piracy before downloading or streaming copyrighted material without permission.

Before we start: Using Kodi safely and privately

VPNs encrypt your internet traffic and reroute it through a server in a location of your choice, hiding your location, identity, and online activity. Online streaming can be heavy on data, using up your ISP’s data caps. Bearing this in mind, they may then try to throttle your connection, try to disable your access to such a service altogether, or send threatening legal letters.

To avoid this, connecting to a VPN is recommended when using Kodi. A VPN will prevent your ISP from throttling online streaming sites by hiding where your data activity is occurring. VPNs also allow you to access geo-restricted content and protect your online privacy.

Streaming requires a large amount of bandwidth. Live streams, in particular, don’t compress video as much and thus require more download bandwidth. A reliable, fast, and secure VPN provider is essential. We recommend IPVanish, which is a popular choice with the Kodi community and provides the necessary sturdy connection, plentiful capacity, and a high level of privacy protection.

Additionally, while third party add-ons are popular, both these and official add-ons can some security risks. Add-ons can be hacked and serve as a conduit for man-in-the-middle hack attacks, exposing your computer system and valuable data. A quality VPN service will help prevent these attacks and protect your system.

Best official Kodi sports add-ons

Each of these add-ons will allow you to watch live sports mainly by aggregating IPTV links from around the web. Many will also let you watch replays and other on-demand sports-related content. We cannot vouch for the individual links they provide as to whether they are legal to watch where you live, their quality, or their reliability. It is up to you to perform your own due diligence before streaming any content through these add-ons.

FilmOn

The FilmOn Kodi add-on is a great source for legal streaming options. While you might not find the biggest games here, this addon has a special section just for the extreme sports fans. You’ll also find a large number of international live streams and other live sports streams that are uniquely interesting.

You can find this addon in the SuperRepo Repository.

USTVNow

The USTVNow add-on is a unique, paid service that offers a few free live channels from over-the-air networks. You can access ESPN if you decide to pay the $29/month price for an additional 21 channels through the service. This addon is primarily designed for US expats and military, but anyone can sign up. You may need a VPN in order to properly access the content, however.

You can download and install the add-on through the Official Kodi Add-on Repository.

PS Vue

The PS Vue Kodi add-on is the plugin that you can use to access your PlayStation Vue account. PlayStation Vue provides users with several dozen channels for $39.99 a month. That includes several of the most popular sports channels, such as Fox Sports and ESPN.

Available through the Official Kodi Add-on Repository, Kodi users can plug in their credentials into PS Vue and watch the content through Kodi. The settings can be accessed through a right-click on the add-on or a long press if you’re an Amazon Fire TV device. using The more favorable viewing experience through Kodi makes it more than worth the effort.

Sportsnet Now

Sportsnet Now is a Canadian sports channel that offers up a load of great sports content. While a monthly subscription costs only around $25 a month, users can login and access their accounts through a very useful Kodi add-on. This add-on is available through the Official Kodi Add-on repository.

Sportsnet offers up plenty of sports streams across a number of different categories, including MLB, NHL, NBA, and even some NFL matches.

Fox Sports Go

If you’re using any subscription service that includes Fox Sports (such as PlayStation Vue, Sling TV, Fubo, or a regular cable subscription where Fox Sports is included), you can stream Fox Sports through Kodi.

The Fox Sports Go add-on allows you to connect to your Fox Sports account by accessing your live tv subscription service and using those credentials. You can then stream both live games and on-demand content through the Fox Sports Go add-on. You can find this add-on easily through the Official Kodi Add-on Repository.

Unofficial Kodi sports add-ons

The unofficial Kodi add-ons are often used by a large number of Kodi users. However, we do not recommend these add-ons due to the way they pirate sports streams. With the exception of USTVNow listed above, any add-on offering “free” streams for live sports is likely rebroadcasting that content without permission.

Good Fellas

What is it? GoodFellas is an IPTV Kodi add-on that pulls in live streams for a large variety of channels. These streams are obtained through websites that access the content from sometimes dubious sources.

Why should you avoid it? As an IPTV add-on, none of the content offered through Good Fellas is offered legally. This add-on provides only pirated streams and lacks official rebroadcasting rights from the copyright holders. For that reason, we do not recommend users turn to Goodfellas for any streaming purposes.

cCloud TV

What is it? cCloud TV is known for giving Kodi users access to several types of content. Sports isn’t excluded. This addon is laid out in such a way as to make it easy to find different types of live TV streams scraped from a number of different online sources.

Why should you avoid it? cCloud TV has some limited legal options. These are specifically limited to countries that do not limit rebroadcasting. However, the most popular sports streams, such as those from the US, UK, and Canada, are not rebroadcast legally through here. We do not recommend cCloud TV for Kodi users, as this add-on focuses more specifically on pirated streaming.

Quantum

What is it? Quantum is a large Kodi add-on that is more of a combination of different add-ons. The developers behind Quantum grab up other add-ons that have lost their developer support. Most streaming in Quantum is live TV, although the add-on does utilize on-demand streaming.

Why should you avoid it? Quantum suffers from the same problem as the other unofficial add-ons listed above. Some legal options may exist here, but Quantum specializes in pirated streaming. Few, if any, streams available in Quantum are broadcast with proper rebroadcasting rights. For this reason, we do not recommend Quantum. Other, legal Kodi sports add-ons in this guide provide a better experience.

2 thoughts on “The 5 Best Kodi Sports Add-ons in 2017”

Having to pay a monthly subscription fee defeats the purpose of having to pirate content. There is nothing about Kodi that is illegal. It’s like Android. Legal to distribute but what users do with it could be illegal. Do some research man.